Combined wardrobe and bed



Dec. 29 1925. 1,567,258

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UNETE STATES FRANK GALIK, F FAIRG'ROVE, MICHIGAN.

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Application filed. December To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK GALIK, a citizen of Hungary, residing atFairgrove, in the county of Tuscola and State of Michi' gan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Vtardrobes andBeds, of which the following is a speciliczu tion.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incombined wardrobes and beds wherein a structure embodying hingedsections is adapted to function as a wardrobe when in a set up verticalposition and is adapted to be moved on its hinge connection for assuminga horizontal position for use as a bed.

A further object of theinvention is to provide a combined wardrobe andbed embodying a base structure having a sliding drawer therein and anupper structure hinged to the base structure with a central longitudinalpartition dividing the upper section into a front wardrobe compartmentand a rear compartment containing a bed spring with an upper frontdecorative panel board for the upper section hinge-ally mounted thereonand adapted to be moved to a position as a support for the outer end ofthe upper section when moved 011 its hinge connection with the basesection.

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists ofthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a combined wardrobe and bedconstructed in accordance with the present invention, the device beingillustrated in a set-up position as a wardrobe,

Figure 2 is a side clevational view thereof,

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the device moved to the positionof a bed,

Figure 4: is longitudinal sectional view taken on line lV-TV of Fig. 5,

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the device in the position of a bed,

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view taken on line 'VI' VI of Fig. 1, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary side elevational new and a c oss sectionalview of a cu tain 6, 1923. Serial No. 678,882.

or screen with supporting roller for covering the rear side of thestructure when set up as a wardrobe and shown in Fig. 2.

The device embodies a base structure having a bottom wall 1, end walls2, a front wall 3 and a relatively high rear wall 4 that constitutes ahead board when the device is set up in position as a bed. The frontwall 3 of the base structure has an opening therein for the slidingreception of the drawer 5 while a transverse bar 6 extends between theend walls 2 and overlies the drawer when in a closed position as shownin Figs. 1 and 6.

The upper structure is hinged to the forward upper edge of the basestructure and includes side walls 7 connected by a bottom wall 8 and anupper wall 9 and a front wall 10. The lower end of the front wall 10 ishinged at 11 to the upper front edge of the base structure and theentire upper structure of the device swings forwardly on its hingemounting as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4:.

A longitudinally extending vertical partition 12 extends between thebottom and top walls 8 and 9 to divide the upper structure into aforward wardrobe compartment and a rear bed spring and mattresscompartment. Hinged doors 13 are carried by the front wall 10 andterminate at their upper ends adjacent the transverse partition shelf 14extending between the side walls 7, the partition 12 forming an uppercompartment 15 and a lower compartment 16, the partition wall 12carrying clothes hooks 17 adjacent to and beneath the partition 14: asshown in Fig. 4. The closure for the upper compartment 15 is in the formof a panel board 18 hinged as at 19- to the forward edge of the upperwall 9 and carries an upper extension 18 extending above the upper wall9 as shown in Fig. 2.

A bed spring supporting frame including side rails 20 and transverse endbars 21 and 22 supports a metallic spring 23 with the forward transversebar 22 secured as at 2 1 to the side walls 7 adjacent the upper wall 9of the upper structure rearwardly of the partition 12 with the othertransverse bar 21 positioned below the bottom wall 8 of the upperstructure and between lower end extensions 7 of the side walls 7. Theside rails 20 rest upon the rear face of the partition 12 when thedevice is set up as a bed as shown in 4, and is disposed in thecompartment 25 rearwardly of the partition 12. The low-er face of theupper wall 9 adacent the rear edge thereof carries a plurality of eyebolts 26 by which a mattress may be" supported when the upper structureis vertically positioned as a wardrobe as shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

"of' the device.

\Vhen it is desired to convert the device from the wardrobe positionshown in rig. 2 to the bed position shown in Fig. 3, the curtain 29 isdisengaged from the hook 31 and wound upon the roller 28 and the up perstructure moved on its hinge connection 11 with the base structure to ahorizontal position. The panel board 18 is also moved upon its hingemounting 19 with the extension 18 thereof engaging the upper face oftheuper wall 9 as shown in Figs. 3 ands while the lower edge of the panelboard 18 constitutes a foot support for the outer free swinging end ofthe upper structure, the

panel board being'retained in this position by the hook 32 securedat oneendas at 33 in the compartment 15. with the, hook end thereofengagingthe eyeSs-carried by the inner face of the panel board '18. A pillowboard 35 'is hinged as at 36 to the'inner face of the rear wall t'of thebase structure and is moved forwardly with the rear wall 4 of the basestructure and when the upper structure is lowered the forwardly bevelededge of thepillo-w board rests upon the beveled edge of the adjacenttransverse bar 21 of the bed spring frame. The relative positions of thepillow board 35 and the transverse bar 21 of the spring frame, when'theupper structure is raised,- areshown in igure 6, the ad acent contactedges of the transverse bar 21 and pillow board 35 being beveled,auton'iati'c tipping of the board to the position shown in Figure 6isaccomplished when the spring frame is elevated. When the free edge ofthe board passes beyond the transverse bar, the same engages the springbottom 23 and is moved thereover upon continued movement of the upperstructure to be displaced as shown and not to interfere with the upwardmovement of the upper structure. It will therefore be seen that movementof the pillow board is secondary in operation to the movement of theupper structure and is gravitationally restored to its operativehorizontal position when-the upper structure is lowered. A rigidbedstrueture is thus provided, the panel board 18 offering a rigidsupport for the free swinging end of the upper structure wh le the board15 properly supports a pillow in con junction with the mattress mountedupon the spring 23. 1

While there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention it is nevertheless to be understood that minorchanges may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is v In a combined wardrobe and bed, a basestructure, an upper structure hinged thereto in the form of a combinedwardrobe and bed, the upper structure supportinga bed springha-vingtransverse end rails with the upper edge of the rail ad1acent thebasebeing bevelled, and a pillow board hinged to the base and having aforward bevelled edge supported on the bevelled edge of the bed railwhen the bed is lowered the bevels being so arranged that the upwardfolding movement of the bed displaces the pillow board from the bed railand folds it upwardly.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK GAL'IK.

